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THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: Cambridge Literary Festival

Cambridge Literary Festival Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Debut Writers: Megan Nolan, Robert Jones, Jr. and Jo Lloyd. Join Alex Clark to meet some of the brightest new stars in contemporary fiction: Megan Nolan, Robert Jones, Jr., and Jo Lloyd.  Thursday, April 22, 2021 10 a.m. EDT/2 p.m. GMT £6.00 - Single event ticket £35.00 – £50.00 - Festival Pass Tickets: https://bit.ly/3lumWXq 674|http://www.sonofbaldwin.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/210322-EV-800x800-1.jpg|full

THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: The 2nd Annual National Antiracist Book Festival

Boston University Boston, MA, United States

Please join Tommy Orange and Robert Jones, Jr. for a discussion on the topic of "refuge" at the Second Annual National Antiracist Book Festival. Saturday, April 24, 2021 4 p.m. EDT Tickets: https://bit.ly/2O85Ge8 The National Antiracist Book Festival is the first and only book festival that brings together, showcases, and celebrates the nation’s leading antiracist...

THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: The Americanist Lecture Series

University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, United States

Join Emerald Rutledge (she/they) and Robert Jones, Jr. as they discuss his debut novel, The Prophets, as a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Americanist Lecture Series. Monday, April 26, 2021 5 p.m. EDT RSVP: https://bit.ly/39LNLSn 729|http://www.sonofbaldwin.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/210426-EV-800x1226-1.jpg|full

THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: Northwestern University

Northwestern University Evanston, IL, United States

Join Robert Jones, Jr. for a virtual conversation with award-winning journalist and educator Steven Thrasher, and students from Northwestern University in Illinois, where he'll be doing a short reading of his debut novel, The Prophets, followed by a discussion of the text and a Q&A.   Tuesday, May 4, 2021 12 p.m. EDT LINK: https://bit.ly/2Sg5xHr...

THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: Gaithersburg Book Festival

Gaithersburg Book Festival Gaithersburg, MD, United States

Award winning author Sadeqa Johnson (Yellow Wife) and debut novelist Robert Jones, Jr. (The Prophets) discuss their novels of enslaved people who must find their own way to self-determination and survival. Pheby goes from a life of relative privilege to one where she must make painful compromises to survive and to protect her children. In...

THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: Stratford Literary Festival

Stratford Literary Festival Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom

Exciting new voices are emerging from the United States and finding their way into bookshops in the UK. With publisher Quercus, we hear from some of the most exciting American authors published this spring, including Dawnie Walton, Ali Benjamin, and Robert Jones, Jr., whose debut The Prophets has been described by The Guardian as "outstanding."...

THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: Aye Write Festival 2021

Aye Write Festival Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Join Robert Jones, Jr. (author of The Prophets), and James Campbell (author of Talking at the Gates), as they discuss "The Life and Legacy of James Baldwin" as part of Aye Write Festival, Glasgow's Book Festival and Scotland’s second biggest book festival, featuring the best in national, international and local writing, bringing together authors from...

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THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: PEN World Voices Festival

Kiese Laymon, Robert Jones Jr., and Brian Broome come together as writers, readers, and literary citizens to explore Black love and performances of Black masculinity—both its manifestations in the body and mind. Laymon’s satirical first novel, Long Division (soon to be re-released), travels time to depict the journeys of two Black teenagers coming of age under the shadow of...

THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: Hay Literature Festival

Hay Festival Wales, United Kingdom

Join Robert Jones, Jr.  as he discusses his novel, The Prophets, with Fringe of Colour founder Jess Brough (They/Them) on the Hay Literature Fesitval's Llwyfan Cymru Digidol – Wales Digital Stage. Thursday, May 27, 2021 6 p.m. BST/1 p.m. EDT RSVP: https://bit.ly/3bjIsuj 751|http://www.sonofbaldwin.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/210527-EV-800x800-1.jpg|full

THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: Cheeky Chats with The Cheeky Natives

The Cheeky Natives Johannesburg, South Africa

Join Robert Jones, Jr. for an intimate chat with Dr. Alma-Nalisha Cele and Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane, The Cheeky Natives, as they discuss Jones's novel The Prophets and take Q&As from attendees. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 12 p.m. EDT RSVP: https://bit.ly/3xi1l9C

THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: The California African American Museum

California African American Museum

Celebrate Pride Month with author Robert Jones Jr. as he discusses his debut novel, The Prophets, with writer Maurice Carlos Ruffin, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The Prophets tells of the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Mississippi plantation, the refuge they find in each other,...